Rockwell Automation 20-COMM-D DeviceNet Adapter Series B FRN 2.xxx User Manual

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Using the I/O

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Controller Tags

When you add the adapter and drive to the I/O configuration (

Chapter 4

),

RSLogix 5000 software automatically creates generic (non-descriptive)
controller tags for them. In this example program, the following controller
tags are used.

Figure 5.1 ControlLogix Controller Non-descriptive Controller Tags for Example

Ladder Logic Program

You can expand the Input and Output tags to reveal the input and output
configuration. The Input tag for this example requires ten 16-bit words of
data (see

Figure 5.2

). The Output tag for this example program requires ten

16-bit words of data (see

Figure 5.3

).

Figure 5.2 ControlLogix Input Image with Non-descriptive Controller Tags for

Example Ladder Logic Program

Figure 5.3 ControlLogix Output Image with Non-descriptive Controller Tags for

Example Ladder Logic Program

Program Tags

To use the non-descriptive Controller tags that are automatically created,
you need to create the following Program tags for this example program.

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